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CVE-2023-52789 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: vcc: Add check for kstrdup() in vcc_probe() Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error, if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.


Metrics

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38cd56fc9de78bf3c878790785e8c231116ef9d3 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38cd56fc9de78bf3c878790785e8c231116ef9d3 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/460284dfb10b207980c6f3f7046e33446ceb38ac Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/460284dfb10b207980c6f3f7046e33446ceb38ac Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a24a31826246b15477399febd13292b0c9f0ee9 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a24a31826246b15477399febd13292b0c9f0ee9 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ef41a7f33ffe1a335e7db7e1564ddc6afad47cc Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ef41a7f33ffe1a335e7db7e1564ddc6afad47cc Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c80f48912b5bd4965352d1a9a989e21743a4a06 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c80f48912b5bd4965352d1a9a989e21743a4a06 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cebc86481bf16049e266f6774d90f2fd4f8d5d2 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cebc86481bf16049e266f6774d90f2fd4f8d5d2 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f8771757b130383732195497e47fba2aba76d3a Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f8771757b130383732195497e47fba2aba76d3a Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/909963e0c16778cec28efb1affc21558825f4200 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/909963e0c16778cec28efb1affc21558825f4200 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d81ffb87aaa75f842cd7aa57091810353755b3e6 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d81ffb87aaa75f842cd7aa57091810353755b3e6 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Up to (excluding)
4.14.331
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
4.15
Up to (excluding)
4.19.300
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
4.20
Up to (excluding)
5.4.262
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.5
Up to (excluding)
5.10.202
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
5.11
Up to (excluding)
5.15.140
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.16
Up to (excluding)
6.1.64
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
6.2
Up to (excluding)
6.5.13
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
6.6
Up to (excluding)
6.6.3

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-52789
NVD Published Date:
05/21/2024
NVD Last Modified:
01/15/2025
Source:
kernel.org